http://blogs.uconn.edu/president Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:35:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday, all of our UConn student-body Presidents got together in Hartford to discuss ideas and initiatives on their respective campuses and continue building a more unified vision for UConn student government.  They’ve had several meetings already this semester, including a day-long workshop and reception on the Storrs campus on September ... http://blogs.uconn.edu/president/?p=3909 UConn alum Wally Lamb autographed and read from his new, fourth novel, Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story last Tuesday evening at the UConn Coop.  His first two novels, She’s Come Undone (Simon & Schuster/Pocket, 1992) and I Know This Much Is True (HarperCollins/ReganBooks, 1998), were # 1 New York ... http://blogs.uconn.edu/president/?p=3883 Clifford and Jonathan On Saturday evening I stopped by the reception at the Dodd Center for the 2009 Connecticut Children’s Book Fair.  The Fair filled the Rome Ballroom Saturday and Sunday with presentations and book signings by well known authors and illustrators, storytelling, crafts, holiday shopping, two breakfasts with Clifford the ... http://blogs.uconn.edu/president/?p=3874 I remember watching a UConn basketball game some years ago on national TV when I was still at Ohio State.  Dick Vitale was the commentator, and throughout the telecast he kept referring to being in “beautiful downtown Storrs” and then laughing rather boisterously. I recalled Mr.Vitale’s remarks the other day when ... http://blogs.uconn.edu/president/?p=3857 On Saturday I helped UConn student Aseel Eid, who directs the SOS Food Recovery Program in Towers Dining Hall, her friend Brian Thomas, Dennis Pierce (Director of Dining Services), and several UConn Dining Services Staff in making a food delivery to the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic, and then ... http://blogs.uconn.edu/president/?p=3835